Tag: Square Enix

Final Fantasy Creator to Recieve Lifetime Achievement Award

The creator of one of the most groundbreaking and best selling RPGs is set to recieve a lifetime achievement award. Hironobu Sakaguchi, who created the Final Fantasy series back in 1987, will be honoured with the award at the 15th Annual Game Developer Choice Award in San Francisco.“Over his illustrious and thriving career, Sakaguchi-san has ...

New Trailer for Final Fantasy XV Demo

Square Enix has released a trailer for their Final Fantasy XV demo entitled Episode Duscae. The trailer gives some glimpses into the narrative and characters involved in the demo as well as some of the bigger monsters the player will have to face. The trailer for the Final Fantasy XV demo shows a lot of ...

More Theatrhythm DLC Comes to Curtain Call

Recently, the Final Fantasy rhythm game has been making music from outside the Final Fantasy catalog available for play through DLC. Recent additions have been popular songs from The World Ends With You, Chrono Trigger, and Bravely Default. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call has been rolling the new content out in installments in both Japan and ...

Shinra Technologies proposes cloud-based development solutions

Shinra Technologies, subsidiary of Square Enix, has announced today through their website the launch of the Prototype Accelerator program. The program is aimed at providing experienced developers with the means to easily go through the time consuming and complex task of creating a game prototype. Shinra’s vice-president Jacob Navok says the project has been created for developers ...

Square Enix Outsourcing Development for Final Fantasy XV

Yesterday at the Taipei Game Show, director of Final Fantasy XV Hajime Tabata announced a partnership with XPEC, a Taiwanese development firm. Tabata explained that the outside help was required for finishing the game, since the latest installment of the famous franchise was such a “large scale project.”  Alongside Tabata onstage, XPEC CEO Xu Jinlong and ...

Bravely Second Showcases Characters in New Trailer

The sequel to the highly successful Bravely Default showcased a new trailer at the Tokaigi 2015 event. Bravely Second is currently only scheduled for release in Japan in April, but its popularity and most likely inevitable localization means that the teaser is still raring up some worldwide excitement. Bravely Second will be taking place in ...

World of Warcraft vs Final Fantasy XIV

World of Warcraft has been the defining MMORPG for years. It brought the genre to the forefront, and is what many people consider when the subject of MMORPGs comes up. A contender has risen in the MMORPG realm, however: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. Final Fantasy XIV is similar to World of Warcraft, and yet ...

Final Fantasy XIV Celebrates the New Year

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn has just celebrated Christmas with a special event. Now, gamers can celebrate the New Year in Final Fantasy XIV with the Heavensturn event. To celebrate the Year of the Ram, Final Fantasy XIV players will be able to receive a number of sheep themed items. Beginning December 31st, players ...